Perceived cancer-related financial difficulty: Implications for patient satisfaction with quality of life in advanced cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1051-1056

  Gupta, Digant ^a   Lis, Christopher G ^a   Grutsch, James F ^a  

^a CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Financial difficulty; Patient satisfaction; Quality of life; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPIRITUAL CARE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; THERAPEUTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548301894     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0214-2     Document Type: Article

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